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SUMMARY:Tuesday Talk: Pat Conroy as Nature Writer (An Earth Day Special Event)
DESCRIPTION:“My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.”—Pat Conroy\, The Prince of Tides \nHonoring Earth Day\, Pat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt and poet Tim Conroy will discuss the nature writing of Pat Conroy\, the bestselling author of The Water Is Wide\, The Great Santini\, The Prince of Tides\, and more. From his obscure boyhood poetry to his beloved lyrical adult prose\, Conroy wrote about the beauty of our natural world as both wondrous and perilous\, using the lowcountry not only as a setting but as the central character of his many books. This presentation will highlight representative examples of Conroy’s nature writing from across the span of his writing life\, drawing attention to how Conroy’s relationship with nature is also ultimately a relationship with his deeply felt spiritual and humanistic faith.  \nThis event will be held at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center (310 Okatie Hwy) on Tuesday\, April 22\, at 5:30 p.m. $10/person. To register\, visit portroyalsoundfoundation.org and click the orange “Book A Program” button.  \nAbout Our Presenters\nJonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center\, the past director of the University of South Carolina Press\, and co-editor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy\, winner of 17 book awards. He is a frequent guest book reviewer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Charleston Post and Courier. Under Jonathan’s leadership\, the Conroy Center has been recognized as an American Library Association Literary Landmark\, an affiliate of the American Writers Museum\, and winner of the Civitas Award for Tourism Leadership.  \nTim Conroy\, the author of the collections Theologies of Terrain and No True Route\, is a poet and retired educator. His work has appeared in Fall Lines\, Blue Mountain Review\, Jasper Magazine\, Marked by the Water\, Sheltered\, Twelve Mile Review\, Poetry on the Comet\, The Post and Courier\, Ukweli: Searching for Healing Truth\, DWG Anthology\, and Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy. In 2022\, he received the Broad River Prize for prose from Fall Lines\, Volume IX. A founding board member of the Pat Conroy Literary Center established in his brother’s honor\, “My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.”—Pat Conroy\, The Prince of Tides
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/tuesday-talk-pat-conroy-as-nature-writer-an-earth-day-special-event/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Maritime Center
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Marjory Wentworth\, Author of One River\, One Boat
DESCRIPTION:In honor of National Poetry Month\, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Marjory Wentworth\, past Poet Laureate of South Carolina\, and author of One River\, One Boat\, on Friday\, April 25\, at 5:00 p.m.\, at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St.\, Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Seating is limited; please call in advance to reserve: 843-379-7025. \nAbout the Book and Author \nFamously cut from Governor Nikki Haley’s inauguration in 2015\, former South Carolina poet laureate Marjory Wentworth’s poem “One River\, One Boat” serves as the titular piece for her newest book. This collection of occasional poems and essays includes those written about heartbreaking and joyous times in South Carolina’s history and Wentworth’s own life including the deaths of relatives\, gubernatorial inaugurations\, the Mother Emmanuel AME massacre\, Hurricane Hugo\, and more. Congressman James Clyburn read Wentworth’s poem “One River\, One Boat” into the Congressional record in 2015 after it was pulled from Haley’s inauguration\, saying he “hope[s] the people of South Carolina\, across the country\, and peoples around the world are as touched by her words as I have been.” \n“A poet is a historian. If they are tuned in to the community around them\, their words can be important documents of an era. South Carolina is a complicated and beautiful place. If you want to know the nuance of the Palmetto State\, read Marjory’s poems.”—Marcus Amaker\, Inaugural Poet Laureate of Charleston \nMarjory Wentworth is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets\, and the author of the prizewinning children’s story Shackles. Celebrated for her significant contributions to literature and social justice\, she served as the poet laureate of South Carolina from 2003–2020. During her tenure as poet laureate\, she published 4 collections of poems and received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. She is also the co-writer with Juan Mendez of Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights and We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel\, with Herb Frazier and Dr. Bernard Powers\, and co-editor with Kwame Dawes of Seeking: Poetry and Prose inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of Art in Writing from New York University\, she moved to South Carolina in 1989\, where she taught courses in writing\, social justice\, and banned books at The College of Charleston. For further information about the author visit her website\, marjorywentworth.com. \nAs part of her visit to Beaufort\, Wentworth will also teach a writing workshop\, Write Living Newspapers\, on Saturday\, April 26\, from 10:00 to noon\, limited to 15 participants. $45 each\, advance registration required.https://writelivingnewspapers.eventbrite.com
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/an-evening-with-marjory-wentworth-author-of-one-river-one-boat-2/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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SUMMARY:Write Living Newspapers: A Poetry Workshop Led by Marjory Wentworth
DESCRIPTION:Laurence Ferlinghetti wrote\, “If you would be a poet\, write living newspapers.” In this workshop we will consider the ways the occasion poem is often written to document or provide commentary on an event. Sometimes it is intended to be read or performed publicly\, but not necessarily. There are no specific guidelines for occasion poems\, except that they mark a specific occasion or situation. The poems can be long or short\, serious or humorous\, formal or experimental. We will look at several occasion poems together and consider ways we too can “write living newspapers.” \nThis is an in-person writers workshop\, held at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St.). Limited to 12 participants with advance registration required; $45/person. \nRegister: https://writelivingnewspapers.eventbrite.com \nAbout Our Instructor: \nMarjory Wentworth is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets\, and the author of the prizewinning children’s story Shackles. Celebrated for her significant contributions to literature and social justice\, she served as the poet laureate of South Carolina from 2003–2020. During her tenure as poet laureate\, she published 4 collections of poems and received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. She is also the co-writer with Juan Mendez of Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights and We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel\, with Herb Frazier and Dr. Bernard Powers\, and co-editor with Kwame Dawes of Seeking: Poetry and Prose inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of Art in Writing from New York University\, she moved to South Carolina in 1989\, where she taught courses in writing\, social justice\, and banned books at The College of Charleston. For further information about the author visit her website\, marjorywentworth.com.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/write-living-newspapers-a-poetry-workshop-led-by-marjory-wentworth/
LOCATION:601 Bladen Street\, Beaufort\, SC\, United States\, South Carolina 29902
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